Shriver Center Commends President Biden’s Executive Order to Reverse Public Charge Regulation

CHICAGO—The Shriver Center on Poverty Law applauds President Biden for signing an Executive Order on Tuesday, February 2, 2021, requiring federal agencies to engage in an immediate review of former President Trump’s public charge rule that has effectively denied millions of immigrant families health care and economic support.   

This cruel rule punishes people seeking permanent resident status in the United States, and as well as those seeking certain visas, if they use—or are deemed likely to use in the future—public supports to meet their family’s basic health, housing, and nutrition needs. 

The Shriver Center has continued to fight for immigrant families in Illinois and across the country. We believe no family should have to make the choice between meeting their basic needs and being with their loved ones, particularly in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination efforts.   

Read our joint statement with Protecting Immigrant Families coalition and read our joint statement with Protecting Immigrant Families – Illinois coalition.